….but there are just so many Ideas of Awesomeness to talk about.
Like what a great job they are doing with the school lunch program.
Anyone who has attended school knows that school lunches suck. That whole program should be revamped. But maybe they should get Jamie Oliver to do it, and not whatever Rule-Maker-McBossyPants they have in charge now.
In Chicago, parents aren’t ALLOWED to send a homemade lunch to school. Because even though the food is still gross, and even though the kids won’t eat it, Father Uncle Knows Best. Because mechanically separated, genetically-modified-corn-fed, meat-slurry-shaped-into-chicken-nuggets (baked not fried!) is so much better than whatever your stupid mom could come up with.
Which better meet the school’s standards, because in North Carolina there are State Agents standing in the doorway to inspect your stupid mom’s lunch, and it will be confiscated and replaced with chicken nuggets if it doesn’t. And you’ll like it.
They throw the lunches away in Florida too, but the intrepid school board is on the case – they plan on installing $75,000 worth of Trash Cams to catch students in the act of tossing their broccoli. They know the food is being pitched, so obviously they need to see it happen because it will tell them…
…it will tell them…
Well, that’s neither here nor there, you judgemental harridens. More research is required. It’s obvious.
In spite of these obstacles, the USDA insists that parents should follow their example and use school lunches as a model for cooking dinner.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:36 am
Excuse my french, but WTF!!! We don’t have the school lunch thing here – most kids bring their own lunches, but we do have canteens/tuckshops where you can buy stuff.
When my kids went to school, there were so few volunteers it only ran one day a week – so, yep, one day a week the kids got canteen! You sent money and what they wanted in a brown paper bag.
High school kids tended to buy their lunch more frequently than primary kids. But to ban lunches from home????? Never. Ever.
Ingi´s last [type] ..We passed the test!
October 4th, 2012 at 5:21 am
That is unbelievable! How is there not a revolt or revolution going on right this second??
Robin Jingjit´s last [type] ..He is the walrus
October 4th, 2012 at 5:32 am
So terrible. Freckle Face was telling me this last night.
Mom! Did you know that the government wants our dinner to look like a school lunch? Please don’t do that.
LOL! It was funny.
Tressa´s last [type] ..Chemistry-Apologia Module 7
October 4th, 2012 at 6:45 am
“The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines.”
What the heck…this is insane.
Uncle Sam is a whack-job.
Kristy´s last [type] ..Cheerio, mate
October 4th, 2012 at 7:58 am
My 12 yr old daughter and her grandma got food poisoning from the school lunch they shared with the preschooler, so, yeah, by all means, let’s mimic that. We pulled her out of school after that, by the way.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:00 am
Get ready to clutch your pearls: most elementary and junior high schools in Canada don’t even have cafeterias. It’s pretty much the only aspect not regulate by our (AWESOME) government. But in truth it’s almost impossible to make a cafeteria cost efficient. It’s brown bags for everyone.
Nan | wrathofmom.blogspot.ca´s last [type] ..Toothy Grin.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:06 am
In my mind “get ready to clutch your pearls” sounded funny in a “hold on to your hats” manner. But now that I’m reading it back, it sounds like a bitchy, passive aggressive dig. Sorry. That was rude.
Nan | wrathofmom.blogspot.ca´s last [type] ..I *Heart* My Public Library.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:38 am
Oh Psh, Nan. I didn’t think anything of it at all. I knew what you meant. No worries.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
I’m not sure why parents allow this craziness to go on. How insulting. If they cant even make a lunch for their kids, what can they do?
October 4th, 2012 at 3:07 pm
I have no words. But here’s what’s going on where I live:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Sign+ticket+booth+insulting+m%C3%A9tro+user+says/7345088/story.html
Fun, fun fun all around, eh?
Eddie´s last [type] ..Review: Music Together: 9.75 out of 10!!!!!
October 4th, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Unfortunately, NOT a news story from the Onion.
Happy Elf Mom´s last [type] ..Carnival of Homeschooling!
October 4th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Beautifully crafted indictment, Deb. It’s so disheartening to see such authoritarian idiocy. But my spirits are uplifted when I consider that the homeschooling moms here might instead be the future.
There’s also a glimmer of hope in the students who experience this idiocy and revolt. Sometimes experiencing oppression leads to a better appreciation for liberty.
October 7th, 2012 at 10:37 am
Wait, WHAT? How is this allowed?
tracey´s last [type] ..She’s ALIIIIVE!!!!
October 7th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
And all this through our institutions of LEARNING… way to really bring the credit home for a fine educational system.
October 8th, 2012 at 8:27 am
I saw a news story the other day about kids signing up to be “electricity monitors” at their schools. They would make sure that lights are shut off and that the thermostats stay at the right temperature. Does this freak anyone else out, or is it just me?
Tressa´s last [type] ..Random Monday